RNF187 and hepatocellular carcinoma: The RNF187 expression was found to be higher in HCC than in matched peritumor tissues both at the level of mRNA (3.45 ± 0.29 vs.1.74 ± 0.13, P < 0.01, Figure 1A and 1B) and protein (2.75 ± 0.09 vs. 1.24 ± 0.02, P < 0.01, Figure 1C and 1D).